HOUSTON — Former Oakland Athletic Jack Cust has agreed to a $600,000, one-year contract with the Houston Astros after getting released by Seattle and Philadelphia last year.

Cust’s deal, announced Wednesday, includes a 2013 team option.

The 33-year-old outfielder hit .213 with three homers and 23 RBIs in 67 games for the Mariners, who released him on Aug. 4. The Phillies signed him to a minor league contract eight days later, then cut him on Aug. 21.

Cust has spent time at designated hitter, which the Astros will need when they move to the American League West in 2013.

He has 105 homers, 323 RBIs and 819 strikeouts in 670 big league games. Most of that success came in Oakland, where he played from 2007-10.

Cust’s best season was in ’07 when he hit 26 home runs and drove in 82 runs while boasting a career-best OPS of .912, which included a .408 on-base percentage.